North Hulu Sungai Regency


North Hulu Sungai Regency is one of the regencies in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan. It was created from the bifurcation of the original Hulu Sungai Regency and formerly covered a much larger area in the north of the province, but on 14 July 1965 the northern districts were split off to create a separate Tabalong Regency, and on 25 February 2003 the eastern districts were split off to create a separate Balangan Regency. It now has a land area of 907.72 km2, and had a population of 209,246 at the 2010 Census and 226,727 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 238,250. The capital of the regency is the town of Amuntai.

Administrative districts

North Hulu Sungai Regency is divided into ten districts, listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid-2024. The table includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district, and its postcode.
Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2024
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
Post
code
63.08.01Danau Panggang136.2419,59320,51421,536Danau Panggang1671453
63.08.09Paminggir192.777,3778,0008,470Paminggir771451
63.08.02Babirik82.0117,83319,40220,556Babirik2371454
63.08.03Sungai Pandan
59.9225,90527,63929,297Alabio3371455
63.08.10Sungai Tabukan
22.2513,80114,82815,509Sungai Tabukan1771456
63.08.04Amuntai Selatan
149.9926,46630,15332,075Telaga Silaba3071452
63.08.05Amuntai Tengah
77.0947,96150,60952,477Amuntai29 71412
-71419
63.08.07Banjang110.6416,18518,69319,127Banjang2071416
63.08.06Amuntai Utara
37.8519,95520,51021,788Teluk Daun2671471
63.08.08Haur Gading38.9614,17016,37917,415Sungai Limas1871472
Totals907.72209,246226,727238,250Amuntai219

Note: including the 5 kelurahan of Antasari, Kebun Sari, Murung Sari, Paliwara and Sungai Malang.

Climate

Amuntai has a tropical rainforest climate with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.